MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) -

Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank, plans to collaborate with

Chinese researchers on joint AI projects after DeepSeek upended

the technology landscape by creating a powerful AI model much

more cheaply than U.S. rivals, a top executive told Reuters.

"Sberbank has many scientists. Through them, we plan to

conduct joint research projects with researchers from China,"

Sberbank First Deputy CEO Alexander Vedyakhin told Reuters.